chances for a chicago kid for RD

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<p>from chicago
im going to enter senior year with a 4.07 average gpa out of 4
I have a 3.66 unweighted gpa
i am top 8% out of 775 kids</p>

<p>i have an ACT score of 29 (taking it again aiming for 30-31)
ive taken Bio AP (got a b), Calc BC AP (got a B), US AP (got an A) this year
next year im going to take Chem AP, Calc 3 & Diff Eq AP, Stats AP, Euro AP, Eng AP, Span 4 AP
Basically, ive taken the most challenging curriculum my school has offered</p>

<p>my activities are:
Cross Country and Track (not varisty)
National Honors Society
Committee Chair for Lumanaria/ Sponorship for Relay for Life
Founder and President of our schools International Club
Over hundred hours of Hospital Volunteering and am Volunteer Committee Chair at my hospital
Peer Jury/ DARE/ Rush Corp Leader
Over the summer i volunteer as a Summer Camp Director
Treasurer of Key Club</p>

<p>Job at Old Navy since 8/07.</p>

<p>Attended University of Illinois in Chicago Health Science Enrichment Program</p>

<p>Awards:
2nd place at UIC 2007 Health Science Fair
Gold Medal (1st Place) For Science for the Health Science Program
Silver Medal (2nd Place) for Math for the Health Science Program
Bronze Medal For Downers Grove South Science Department
Student of the Month for February for school
Elected Delegate at the 2007 II DIstrict Key Club Convention
College Board AP Scholar </p>

<p>Attended Key Club Leadership Convention and Rotrary Club Youth Leadership Activity Camp.</p>

<p>sat 2 : bio-640, math level 2- 800
On the ap test:
Bio: 3
US History: 4
Calc BC: 5</p>

<p>Chances for
biomed or chemical engineering?</p>

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<p>also im taking Calc 3 at North Central College and Differential Equations at College of Dupage this year</p>

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<p>3.66 unweighted is top 8%? i find that very surprising. summer camp director seems to be your only strong EC, so that could be a weakness.</p>

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<p>r u saying that i should be higher raked or lower ranked?</p>

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<p>^unweighted of 3.66 being in 92nd percentile is unlikely, unless your school is vehemently against grade inflation, most 3.66s would have a considerably lower class rank, perhaps 70th-80th percentile. But still nothing much on your profile hits me as being extraordinary, you're well rounded, but not outstanding at anything, I think chances are low. they don't like just a jack of all trades, they want to see excellence in many different things and then maybe a jack of the rest of the trades. summer camp councellor is pretty standard, the bio sat 2 is low. I think it'll be a real stretch.</p>

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<p>my unweighted gpa is 3.6 and my rank is in the top 4%. but thats cuz my school uses weighted for rank. his might too...</p>

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<p>I don't know if the class rank is that surprising, but, yeah, the "jack of all trades" stigma works against you. The semantic leap (nifty phrase) from JOAT to average is not so far.</p>